Very strange. Sure, you get a discount whenever you buy in bulk, so I went with the three-pack. BUT, the three packs you get are in clear plastic, not the green foil, and there's no indication that these are regular Slinkys except on the box they come in. You only get the top most string, the low E, and I guess the other gauges are given for the individual strings. I have tons of strings, for lots of different instruments - banjo, ukulele, mandolin, 12-string, 6-string - so when I go looking for a pack of Ernie Balls I expect to see the color and all the gauges listed. Piss poor.